User manual BELKIN F5D5130-8

[. . . ] 5-and 8-Port 10/100 Network Switch Share your files and Internet connection network F5D5130-5 F5D5130-8 Table of Contents Introduction . . 12-16 Configuring Additional Computers Using Belkin NetSetup Software . . 46 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this quality Belkin product. You can now enjoy the benefits of sharing printers and peripherals, sharing one Internet account*, exchanging data quickly between connected computers, and communication via-e-mail and the Internet. [. . . ] If you want to share files and printers on this computer, select "I want to share files and printers on my computer" and click Finish. If not, select "I do not want to share files and printers on my computer" and click Finish. Repeat these steps for the rest of the computers on your network. 19 Sharing Files and Peripherals Sharing Files and Peripherals To enable file sharing and access between network computers to hard drives, floppy drives, or CD-ROM drives, you must set sharing settings for each PC in the network. Belkin has simplified the sharing of files, peripherals, and internet connections by providing you with the Belkin NetShare Utility to set up your sharing options. From the Start menu, click Programs and select Belkin NetShare Utility to set up your sharing options. The following screen will appear: 20 Sharing Files and Peripherals 2. The Network Info tab allows you to change the name of the computer and the workgroup by clicking on the change buttons. Verify that the computer name and workgroup match what you entered in the Belkin NetSetup Software. If you press the File Sharing tab the following screen will appear: 21 Sharing Files and Peripherals 4. This screen will show you all the PC drives available for sharing with the entire network. To make a drive accessible to all PCs in your network, highlight the drive in the left-hand column and select Share. To stop sharing highlight the drive in the right hand column and click Stop Sharing. For advanced sharing options, highlight the shared drive you'd like to set sharing options to and click on the Properties button and the following screen will appear: 22 Sharing Files and Peripherals 7. On this screen you can share files on your computer as Read Only or Read/Write files. In addition, you can set passwords so only authorized users can change these settings. Click on the Printers tab and the following screen will appear: 23 Sharing Files and Peripherals 9. Highlighting the printer you would like to share (or not share) and select the Sharing button the following screen will appear: 10. Clicking on Connect to Network Printers will allow you to locate shared printers on your network. Once you have located the printer you want to share over the network, NetShare will automatically install printers from the host computer. 24 Accessing Resources on Other Computers Accessing Resources on Other Computers: 1. From the Start menu, go to Programs and select Belkin NetShare Utility. The following screen will appear: 25 Accessing Resources on Other Computers 3. Double-click on the Entire Network icon and your workgroup will appear. [. . . ] Note: To allow access to other resources on the computer that cannot be found in the screen above, double-click on My Computer. Right-click on the resources that you want shared and select sharing from the menu that appears. 40 Software Internet Connection Sharing with Multiple PCs 7. You will now be prompted to create a setup disk to enable the use of Home Networking in Windows 98 and Windows 95 operating systems. This completed the Home Networking Wizard, click Finish to have the Wizard make any of the changes. 41 Software Internet Connection Sharing with Multiple PCs Configuring client computers 1. [. . . ]